![]() ![]() Candy, an aged and decrepit swamper at the ranch, befriends the two newcomers and warns them to stay away from Curley's bride Mae, of whom Curley is insanely jealous. There, Lennie incurs the enmity of Jackson's son Curley, a stunted bully who detests big men. ![]() The pair continue on to the Jackson ranch, where they find work. Before they leave, George tells Lennie that if he ever gets in serious trouble, he should return to the river. George's dream, however, is continually endangered by Lennie, a simple-minded giant whose actions have set the posse on their trail. On their way, they spend the night at a thicket along the Salinas River, and there George daydreams about buying a little farm of their own. George Milton and Lennie Small, itinerant farm workers, escape a posse and hop a freight bound for the San Joaquin Valley where they hope to find work. ![]()
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